Son of John and Mary Fike Harader.
Marker in Mt Etna Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa.
Probably a cenotaph.
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Civil War Veteran
Co D 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Harader, Jacob.
Age 40.
Residence Quincy,Iowa
Nativity Virginia.
Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862 as Corporal.
Mustered Dec. 1, 1862 Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa
Reduced to ranks at his own request Jan. 31, 1863.
Died of disease April 19, 1863, Memphis, Tenn.
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No burial site listed. Assume buried as unknown Memphis Nat Cemetery. Many headboards were no longer legible or vandalized by the time permanent markers were installed.
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Based on enlistment, his service included guarding prison at Benton Barracks,Mo until Dec 25,1862. Operations against Ft Pemberton and Greenwood(Mar 13-Apr 5 1863).
Garrison duty at Helena,Ark.
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(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)∼He was the son of John Harader and Mary Fike.
Corporal Jacob Harader's Military Service
Jacob Harader of Mt. Etna, Adams County, Ia, enrolled into military service at Quincy, Ia, the county seat, on Aug 13, 1862. He was mustered into duty as corporal in co. D, 29th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, at Camp Dodge on Aug 13, 1862, to serve for 3 years during the war. Official Union Army records show that Cpl. Jacob Harader was reported dead from typhoid fever on April 19, 1863 at the Washington Military Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Jacob Harader is buried in the National Military cemetery at the north side of that city. The cemetery where Cpl. Harader was buried, at that time, was located six miles northeast from Memphis, TN. It contained thirty-eight acres enclosed by a wooden picket fence. The arrangement of the dead was by state, the dead of the US Army and Navy occupying sections by themselves. The grounds were laid out with walks and drives. A portion of the cemetery was shaded by forest trees. In the center of the site a heavy gunboat mortar was mounted, and four seige guns were mounted upon stone pedestals, having been set as monuments in different portions of the cemetery. The burial ground was officially named "Mississippi River National Cemetery." There were 13,962 burials as of 1869.
Marker in Mt Etna Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa.
Probably a cenotaph.
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Civil War Veteran
Co D 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Harader, Jacob.
Age 40.
Residence Quincy,Iowa
Nativity Virginia.
Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862 as Corporal.
Mustered Dec. 1, 1862 Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa
Reduced to ranks at his own request Jan. 31, 1863.
Died of disease April 19, 1863, Memphis, Tenn.
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No burial site listed. Assume buried as unknown Memphis Nat Cemetery. Many headboards were no longer legible or vandalized by the time permanent markers were installed.
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Based on enlistment, his service included guarding prison at Benton Barracks,Mo until Dec 25,1862. Operations against Ft Pemberton and Greenwood(Mar 13-Apr 5 1863).
Garrison duty at Helena,Ark.
------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)∼He was the son of John Harader and Mary Fike.
Corporal Jacob Harader's Military Service
Jacob Harader of Mt. Etna, Adams County, Ia, enrolled into military service at Quincy, Ia, the county seat, on Aug 13, 1862. He was mustered into duty as corporal in co. D, 29th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, at Camp Dodge on Aug 13, 1862, to serve for 3 years during the war. Official Union Army records show that Cpl. Jacob Harader was reported dead from typhoid fever on April 19, 1863 at the Washington Military Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Jacob Harader is buried in the National Military cemetery at the north side of that city. The cemetery where Cpl. Harader was buried, at that time, was located six miles northeast from Memphis, TN. It contained thirty-eight acres enclosed by a wooden picket fence. The arrangement of the dead was by state, the dead of the US Army and Navy occupying sections by themselves. The grounds were laid out with walks and drives. A portion of the cemetery was shaded by forest trees. In the center of the site a heavy gunboat mortar was mounted, and four seige guns were mounted upon stone pedestals, having been set as monuments in different portions of the cemetery. The burial ground was officially named "Mississippi River National Cemetery." There were 13,962 burials as of 1869.
Son of John and Mary Fike Harader.
Marker in Mt Etna Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa.
Probably a cenotaph.
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Civil War Veteran
Co D 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Harader, Jacob.
Age 40.
Residence Quincy,Iowa
Nativity Virginia.
Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862 as Corporal.
Mustered Dec. 1, 1862 Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa
Reduced to ranks at his own request Jan. 31, 1863.
Died of disease April 19, 1863, Memphis, Tenn.
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No burial site listed. Assume buried as unknown Memphis Nat Cemetery. Many headboards were no longer legible or vandalized by the time permanent markers were installed.
------------
Based on enlistment, his service included guarding prison at Benton Barracks,Mo until Dec 25,1862. Operations against Ft Pemberton and Greenwood(Mar 13-Apr 5 1863).
Garrison duty at Helena,Ark.
------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)∼He was the son of John Harader and Mary Fike.
Corporal Jacob Harader's Military Service
Jacob Harader of Mt. Etna, Adams County, Ia, enrolled into military service at Quincy, Ia, the county seat, on Aug 13, 1862. He was mustered into duty as corporal in co. D, 29th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, at Camp Dodge on Aug 13, 1862, to serve for 3 years during the war. Official Union Army records show that Cpl. Jacob Harader was reported dead from typhoid fever on April 19, 1863 at the Washington Military Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Jacob Harader is buried in the National Military cemetery at the north side of that city. The cemetery where Cpl. Harader was buried, at that time, was located six miles northeast from Memphis, TN. It contained thirty-eight acres enclosed by a wooden picket fence. The arrangement of the dead was by state, the dead of the US Army and Navy occupying sections by themselves. The grounds were laid out with walks and drives. A portion of the cemetery was shaded by forest trees. In the center of the site a heavy gunboat mortar was mounted, and four seige guns were mounted upon stone pedestals, having been set as monuments in different portions of the cemetery. The burial ground was officially named "Mississippi River National Cemetery." There were 13,962 burials as of 1869.
Marker in Mt Etna Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa.
Probably a cenotaph.
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Civil War Veteran
Co D 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Harader, Jacob.
Age 40.
Residence Quincy,Iowa
Nativity Virginia.
Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862 as Corporal.
Mustered Dec. 1, 1862 Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa
Reduced to ranks at his own request Jan. 31, 1863.
Died of disease April 19, 1863, Memphis, Tenn.
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No burial site listed. Assume buried as unknown Memphis Nat Cemetery. Many headboards were no longer legible or vandalized by the time permanent markers were installed.
------------
Based on enlistment, his service included guarding prison at Benton Barracks,Mo until Dec 25,1862. Operations against Ft Pemberton and Greenwood(Mar 13-Apr 5 1863).
Garrison duty at Helena,Ark.
------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)∼He was the son of John Harader and Mary Fike.
Corporal Jacob Harader's Military Service
Jacob Harader of Mt. Etna, Adams County, Ia, enrolled into military service at Quincy, Ia, the county seat, on Aug 13, 1862. He was mustered into duty as corporal in co. D, 29th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, at Camp Dodge on Aug 13, 1862, to serve for 3 years during the war. Official Union Army records show that Cpl. Jacob Harader was reported dead from typhoid fever on April 19, 1863 at the Washington Military Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Jacob Harader is buried in the National Military cemetery at the north side of that city. The cemetery where Cpl. Harader was buried, at that time, was located six miles northeast from Memphis, TN. It contained thirty-eight acres enclosed by a wooden picket fence. The arrangement of the dead was by state, the dead of the US Army and Navy occupying sections by themselves. The grounds were laid out with walks and drives. A portion of the cemetery was shaded by forest trees. In the center of the site a heavy gunboat mortar was mounted, and four seige guns were mounted upon stone pedestals, having been set as monuments in different portions of the cemetery. The burial ground was officially named "Mississippi River National Cemetery." There were 13,962 burials as of 1869.
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